Ann Li and Sorana Cirstea will face off in the final of the Tennis in the Land for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.4
Ann Li -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 2^nd time that Ann Li and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Li (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Li won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Melbourne back in 2021.

Highlights Ann Li vs Sorana Cirstea – Melbourne 06-February-2021

Ann Li

Ranked no. 69, the American reached the final after beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5 6-3, Iva Jovic 6-3 2-6 6-3, Elsa Jacquemot 6-1 5-7 6-1 and Xinyu Wang 6-3 5-7 6-4.

In the semifinal, Li defeated Wang (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match, Li scored 109 points vs Wang’s 99. Ann was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Li managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Ann Li lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Li put 58% of her first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Wang 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ann has lost 3 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.

Li has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (254-173). 10-9 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Li has a composed 140-95 match record in the last years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Singapore.

Ann has an aggregate 23-19 win-loss record in 2025, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cleveland

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 112, the Romanian reached the final after beating Anna Frey 6-1 6-0, Rebeka Masarova 6-2 6-2, Moyuka Uchijima 6-4 6-1, Jil Teichmann 6-1 6-1, Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 6-1 and Anastasia Zakharova 6-1 7-5.

In the semifinal, Sorana had a good straight sets win against Zakharova (6-1 7-5). During the match Cirstea scored 65 points vs Zakharova’s 43. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Cirstea made 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 56% of her first serves in, winning 83% (24/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Zakharova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 63% of the points she played.

Cirstea’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Iasi and Cleveland.

Cirstea has a compiled 20-14 win-loss record in 2025, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Li	Cirstea
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	11	12
Tot Games	104	96
Pts	370-321	367-213
Total Points	691	580
Winners	124	129
%Winners	34%	35%

Li played 4 matches while Cirstea competed in 6 matches. Cirstea started her run from the qualifications while Li had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ann Li dropped 3 sets while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t dropped a set so far. Li has played 1 set(s) less than Cirstea (11 vs 12). However, it’s interesting to notice that Li played 8 games more than Cirstea. Li scored 124 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian fired 129 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Li	Cirstea
Aces	16	21
Avg per match	4	3.5
1st in	176/321	175/296
%1st in	55%	59%
1st pts	124/176	129/175
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	69/145	69/121
%2nd pts	48%	57%

Li bagged 16 aces (4 per match). Cirstea bagged 21 aces (3.5 per match). Li won 70% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Li	Cirstea
Won	23	31
Converted	23/56	31/53
% Converted	41%	58%
Conceded	24	19
Saved	9	12
% Saved	38%	63%
Times Broken	15	7

Ann broke her opponents 23 times with a 41% conversion rate. Li lost her serve 15 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponents 31 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Li
	R1 Starodubtseva	R2 Jovic	1/4 Jacquemot	1/2 Wang	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 2-6 6-3	6-1 5-7 6-1	6-3 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	21	26	26	31	104
pts	80-68	90-83	91-71	109-99	370-321
Total points	148	173	162	208	691
Winners	27	32	26	39	124
%Winners	34%	36%	29%	36%	34%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	3	3	16
Double Faults	2	4	3	1	10
1st in	37/68	47/81	38/79	54/93	176/321
% 1st in	54%	58%	48%	58%	55%
1st pts	27/37	32/47	26/38	39/54	124/176
% 1st pts	73%	68%	68%	72%	70%
2nd pts	14/31	15/34	24/41	16/39	69/145
% 2nd pts	45%	44%	59%	41%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5	7	6	23
Converted	5/14	5/12	7/14	6/16	23/56
Converted %	36%	42%	50%	38%	41%
Conceded	3	7	6	8	24
Saved	0/3	3/7	3/6	3/8	9
Saved %	0%	43%	50%	38%	33%
Times Broken	3	4	3	5	15

Cirstea
	Q1 Frey	Q3 Masarova	R1 Uchijima	R2 Belen Teichmann	1/4 Samsonova	1/2 Zakharova	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-2 6-2	6-4 6-1	6-1 6-1	6-4 6-1	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	2	12
Tot Games	13	16	17	14	17	19	96
pts	53-22	60-33	67-46	57-26	65-43	65-43	367-213
Total points	75	93	113	83	108	108	580
Winners	19	20	21	20	25	24	129
%Winners	36%	33%	31%	35%	38%	37%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	1	3	7	5	21
Double Faults	3	1	2	0	2	5	13
1st in	24/39	32/48	31/56	27/42	32/59	29/52	175/296
% 1st in	62%	67%	55%	64%	54%	56%	59%
1st pts	19/24	20/32	21/31	20/27	25/32	24/29	129/175
% 1st pts	79%	63%	68%	74%	78%	83%	74%
2nd pts	8/15	11/16	14/25	9/15	16/27	11/23	69/121
% 2nd pts	53%	69%	56%	60%	59%	48%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	6	5	6	3	5	31
Converted	6/7	6/10	5/11	6/11	3/7	5/7	31/53
Converted %	86%	60%	45%	55%	43%	71%	58%
Conceded	1	2	7	5	1	3	19
Saved	1/1	0/2	5/7	4/5	1/1	1/3	12
Saved %	100%	0%	71%	80%	100%	33%	96%
Times Broken	0	2	2	1	0	2	7

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